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The Dirichlet Problem for Elliptic-Hyperbolic Equations of Keldysh Type

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Authors:
  1. Thomas H. Otway

    1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, USA

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  • The first text devoted entirely to the analysis of elliptic-hyperbolic equations of Keldysh type
  • Includes the most recent methods of analysis in this field
  • Numerous applications are included
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (LNM, volume 2043)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Mathematical Preliminaries

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    Pages 13-45

  4. The Equation of Cinquini-Cibrario

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    Pages 47-85

  5. The Cold Plasma Model

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    Pages 87-120

  6. Light Near a Caustic

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    Pages 121-144

  7. Projective Geometry

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    Pages 145-167

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 169-214
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About this book

Partial differential equations of mixed elliptic-hyperbolic type arise in diverse areas of physics and geometry, including fluid and plasma dynamics, optics, cosmology, traffic engineering, projective geometry, geometric variational theory, and the theory of isometric embeddings. And yet even the linear theory of these equations is at a very early stage. This text examines various Dirichlet problems which can be formulated for equations of Keldysh type, one of the two main classes of linear elliptic-hyperbolic equations. Open boundary conditions (in which data are prescribed on only part of the boundary) and closed boundary conditions (in which data are prescribed on the entire boundary) are both considered. Emphasis is on the formulation of boundary conditions for which solutions can be shown to exist in an appropriate function space. Specific applications to plasma physics, optics, and analysis on projective spaces are discussed. (From the preface)

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“The book is based on Otway’s lectures at Henan University in 2010. These notes are very well written and very useful for readers, particularly advanced researchers and Ph.D. students. Each chapter has its own list of references, its own dynamics, and its own interesting remarks.” (Henryk Leszczyński, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2014)

“The lecture notes were written by the author to supplement a series of ten lectures given at Henan University in the summer of 2010. They are intended for graduate students and researchers in pure or applied analysis with a background in functional analysis -- including Sobolev spaces -- and the basic theory of partial differential equations. The book contains 6 chapters (every one with its references), summary, addenda, directions for future research and index.” (Elena Gavrilova, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1246, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Yeshiva University, New York, USA

    Thomas H. Otway

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dirichlet Problem for Elliptic-Hyperbolic Equations of Keldysh Type

  • Authors: Thomas H. Otway

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24415-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-24414-8Published: 07 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-24415-5Published: 06 January 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8434

  • Series E-ISSN: 1617-9692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Partial Differential Equations

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